SWEET BIRD Joni Mitchell

Out on some borderline Some mark of inbetween I lay down golden-in time And woke up vanishing Sweet bird you are Briefer than a falling star All these vain promises on beauty jars Somewhere

THIS FLIGHT TONIGHT Joni Mitchell

the trailers Not the early one That you can wish upon; Not the northern one That guides in the sailors Oh starbright, starbright You've got the lovin' that I like, all right Turn this crazy bird

A BIRD THAT WHISTLES Joni Mitchell

hung down his head and cried Corrina, Corrina Do you have to go Corrina, Corrina Tell me why do you have to go Just made me come to love you girl Now you pack your things and go Leave me this bird

A Bird That Whistles (Album Version) Joni Mitchell

man He hung down his head and cried Corrina, Corrina Do you have to go Corrina, Corrina Tell me why do you have to go Just made me come to love you girl Now you pack your things and go Leave me this bird

A CHAIR IN THE SKY Joni Mitchell

But now Manhattan holds me To a chair in the sky With the bird in my ears And boats in my eyes Going by There are things I wish I'd done Some friends I'm gonna miss Beautiful lovers I never got

SWEET SUCKER DANCE Joni Mitchell

You're such a sweet love You're a proud man You're a treasure Time passes gracefully Living can be such a pleasure You make it easy to take it in measures Like it was only a dance!

Sweet Sucka Dance Joni Mitchell

we're scared to care It's hard to talk about it Aw it's only a dance Tonight the shadows had their say There's a sucker born a day I heard them say Born to lose Am I a sucker to love you You're such a sweet

MAN TO MAN Joni Mitchell

Giving my sweet love-- Tasting sweet love-- Woman to man Sometimes it's easy You drift with the empty gladness Like it all belongs Sometimes it's low down sadness Like it's all gone so wrong

Night Of The Iguana Joni Mitchell

Night of the iguana The jasmine is so mercilessly sweet Night of the iguana Can you hear the castanets?

MORNING MORGANTOWN Joni Mitchell

at total strangers passing in Morning, Morgantown Morning Morgantown Buy your dreams a dollar down Morning any town you name Morning's just the same I'd like to buy you everything A wooden bird

COLD BLUE STEEL AND SWEET FIRE Joni Mitchell

Cold Blue Steel out of money One eye for the beat police Sweet Fire calling "You can't deny me Now you know what you need" Underneath the jungle gym Hollow-grey-fire-escape-thief Looking for Sweet

THE LAST TIME I SAW RICHARD Joni Mitchell

haven't really changed," I said It's just that now you're romanticizing some pain that's in your head You got tombs in your eyes, but the songs You punched are dreaming Listen, they sing of love so sweet

Last Time I Saw Richard Joni Mitchell

haven't really changed" I said It's just that now you're romanticizing some pain that's in your head You got tombs in your eyes but the songs you punched are dreaming Listen, they sing of love so sweet

BLONDE IN THE BLEACHERS Joni Mitchell

The blonde in the bleachers She flips her hair for you Above the loudspeakers You start to fall She follows you home But you miss living alone You can still hear sweet mysteries Calling you The

A CASE OF YOU Joni Mitchell

On the back of a cartoon coaster In the blue TV screen light I drew a map of Canada Oh Canada With your face sketched on it twice Oh, you're in my blood like holy wine You taste so bitter and so sweet

A Case Of You Joni Mitchell

On the back of a cartoon coaster In the blue TV screen light I drew a map of Canada Oh Canada With your face sketched on it twice Oh, you're in my blood like holy wine You taste so bitter and so sweet

A Case Of You (LP Version) Joni Mitchell

cartoon coaster In the blue tv screen light I drew a map of canada Oh canada And your face sketched on it twice Oh you are in my blood like holy wine Oh and you taste so bitter but you taste so sweet

UNDERNEATH THE STREETLIGHT Joni Mitchell

I swear on the be-bop boys Chasing the black bird Rock 'n' roll broadcast Movin' up now full blast Underneath the streetlight They come dancin', dancin' Really rock 'n rollin' Underneath the streetlight

WILD THINGS RUN FAST Joni Mitchell

He came She smiled She thought she had him tamed But he was just as wild Eating from her hand at last Wild things run fast In the dark He could see The trap that was lying in her Sweet company

TURBULENT INDIGO Joni Mitchell

People see the smoke But no one comes to warm themselves Sloughing off a coat And all my little landscapes All my yellow afternoons Stack up around this vacancy Like dirty cups and spoons No mercy Sweet

GOD MUST BE A BOOGIE MAN Joni Mitchell

One's so sweet So overly loving and gentle He lets people in To his innermost sacred temple Blind faith to care Blind rage to kill Why'd he let them talk him down To cheap work and cheap thrills

OFF NIGHT BACKSTREET Joni Mitchell

It's been stinger to stinger, darling It's been heart to heart You still keep me from finishing Any new love I start Now she's moved in with you She's keeping your house neat And your sheets sweet

(You're So Square) Baby, I Don't Care Joni Mitchell

a movie show And sit there holding hands You're so square Baby I don't care You don't like going to parties To toot and talk all night long You just want to park Where it's nice and dark And kiss me, sweet

HELP ME Joni Mitchell

Help me I think I'm falling In love again When I get that crazy feeling, I know I'm in trouble again I'm in trouble 'Cause you're a rambler and a gambler And a sweet-taIking-ladies man And you

FOR FREE Joni Mitchell

halls And I play if you have the money Or if you're a friend to me But the one man band By the quick lunch stand He was playing real good, for free Nobody stopped to hear him Though he played so sweet

NOTHING CAN BE DONE Joni Mitchell

I'm told But I am not young Oh and nothing can be done Don't start My heart Is a smoking gun Oh and nothing can be done Must I surrender With grace The things I loved when I was younger (Sweet

JERICHO Joni Mitchell

to strive for I'll try to keep myself open up to you And approve your self expression I need that, too I need your confidence, baby And the gift of your extra time In turn I'll give you mine Sweet

SISOTOWBELL LANE Joni Mitchell

badlands 'cross the river Sometimes we do We like the view Sisotowbell Lane Go to the city you'll come back again To wade thru the grain You always do Yes we always do Come back to the stars Sweet

MARCIE Joni Mitchell

Marcie in a coat of flowers Steps inside a candy store Reds are sweet and greens are sour Still no letter at her door So she'll wash her flower curtains Hang them in the wind to dry Dust her tables

COTTON AVENUE Joni Mitchell

A red sun came rolling down a grey sky And the frogs and dogs and night birds then Started up singing sweet country lullaby You see that patch of city lights- Somewhere in there's Cotton Avenue-

Overture - Cotton Avenue Joni Mitchell

"A red sun came rolling down a grey sky And the frogs and dogs and night birds then Started up singing sweet country lullaby You see that patch of city lights Somewhere in there's Cotton Avenue That's

Overture-Cotton Avenue Joni Mitchell

A red sun came rolling down a grey sky And the frogs and dogs and night birds then Started up singing sweet country lullaby You see that patch of city lights Somewhere in there's Cotton Avenue That's where

LESSON IN SURVIVAL Joni Mitchell

just not good enough You need to believe in something Once I could in our love Black road Double yellow line Friends and kin Campers in the kitchen That's fine sometimes But I know my needs My sweet

THE CRAZY CRIES OF LOVE Joni Mitchell

weather The shade on the streetlight is clanging And they smile ear to ear and eye to eye Ice cream is melting on a piece of pie Oh, my my No one else can hear The cries of love Every kiss was sweet

THE BOHO DANCE Joni Mitchell

Down in the cellar in the Boho zone I went looking for some sweet inspiration, oh well Just another hard-time band With Negro affectations I was a hopeful in rooms like this When I was working cheap

GOODBYE PORK PIE HAT Joni Mitchell

' When Lester took him a wife Arm and arm went black and white And some saw red And drove them from their hotel bed Love is never easy It's short of the hope we have for happiness Bright and sweet

STRANGE BOY Joni Mitchell

strange, strange boy I gave him clothes and jewelry I gave him my warm body I gave him power over me A thousand glass eyes were staring In a cellar full of antique dolls I found an old piano And sweet

IN FRANCE THEY KISS ON MAIN STREET Joni Mitchell

Downtown My darling dimestore thief In the War of Independence Rock 'n Roll rang sweet as victory Under neon signs A girl was in bloom And a woman was fading In a suburban room I said, "Take

A Strange Boy Joni Mitchell

What a strange, strange boy I gave him clothes and jewelry I gave him my warm body I gave him power over me A thousand glass eyes were staring In a cellar full of antique dolls I found an old piano And sweet

Don Juan's Reckless Daughter Joni Mitchell

He says, "Big bird dragging its tail in the dust ... Snake kite flying on a string." I come from open prairie Given some wisdom and a lot of jive!

ALL I WANT Joni Mitchell

alive, I want to get up and jive I want to wreck my stockings in some juke box dive Do you want - do you want - do you want To dance with me baby Do you want to take a chance On maybe finding some sweet

PAPRIKA PLAINS Joni Mitchell

The rain retreats Like troops to fall on other fields and streets Meanwhile they're sweet talking and name calling And brawling on the fringes of the floor I spot you through the smoke With your eyes

CAREY Joni Mitchell

The wind is in from Africa Last night I couldn't sleep Oh, you know it sure is hard to leave here Carey But it's really not my home My fingernails are filthy, I got beach tar on my feet And I miss...

Both Sides Now Joni Mitchell

Bows and flows of angel hair and ice cream castles in the air and feather canyons everywhere, I've looked at cloud that way. But now they only block the sun, they rain and snow on everyone. So man...

FREE MAN IN PARIS Joni Mitchell

"The way I see it," he said "You just can't win it... Everybody's in it for their own gain You can't please 'em all There's always somebody calling you down I do my best And I do good business The...

MY BEST TO YOU Joni Mitchell

So here's to you May your dreams come true May old father time Never be unkind And through the years Save your smiles and your tears They're just souvenirs They'll make music in your heart Remembe...

AMELIA Joni Mitchell

I was driving across the burning desert When I spotted six jet planes Leaving six white vapor trails across the bleak terrain It was the hexagram of the heavens it was the strings of my guitar Ame...

DOG EAT DOG Joni Mitchell

DOG EAT DOG It's dog eat dog--I'm just waking up The dove is in the dungeon And the white-washed hawks pedal hate and call it love Dog Eat Dog Holy hope in the hands of Snakebite evangelists and r...

EDITH AND THE KINGPIN Joni Mitchell

The big man arrives Disco dancers greet him Plainclothes cops greet him Small town, big man, fresh lipstick glistening Sophomore jive From victims of typewriters The band sounds like typewriters T...

CHELSEA MORNING Joni Mitchell

Woke up, it was a Chelsea morning, and the first thing that I heard Was a song outside my window, and the traffic wrote the words It came a-reeling up like Christmas bells, and rapping up like pip...